The term that refers to the fact that relatively few women and minorities get promoted to the more powerful positions in organizations is ____
a. lack of experience
b. lack of aptitude
c. a conspiracy among white men
d. the glass ceiling
e. sexual harassment
D
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Which of the following terms refers to the immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries?
a. population explosion b. brain drain c. civil disobedience d. colonialism
What is a key difference between the Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)?
a. TANF requires parents to work, whereas AFDC doesn't. b. TANF provides more food benefits, whereas AFDC doesn't. c. AFDC was a temporary measure, whereas TANF wasn't. d. AFDC provided more regulation for food items, whereas TANF didn't.
The seventeenth-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes posed an intriguing question about why people __________
a. cooperate with each other when they could achieve what they need selfishly b. areso frightened and can act only when they have safety in numbers c. mistrust the crown when the leaders of the mob would rule them just as harshly d. arewilling to exchange one form of misery for another
"Compassionate cities," a term coined by Allan Kellehear, denotes a model of public health that encourages
A. community participation in end-of-life care. B. care limited to hospice and palliative care. C. death education geared towards professionals. D. federal government involvement in funeral practices and aftercare.